High tide peaks in Outer Banks as Hurricane Erin moves through Atlantic
LOOK AT HOW OUR LOCAL FORECAST
WILL PLAY OUT THIS WEEK IN THE
MIDST OF AIR AND COMING UP AT
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, KAT.
MEANTIME, THAT VIDEO OF HIGHWAY
12 THIS MORNING SHOWING.
>> THAT RUSH TO GET THE SAND
OFF THE ROAD, TOO.
>> MAKE SURE THEY CAN PUT SOME
BARRIERS UP, TRY TO KEEP AS
MUCH WATER OFF OF THAT IS
POSSIBLE. EVACUATIONS IN PLACE.
THE ONLY ROAD TO GETTING ON OR
OFF HATTERAS ISLAND. SO THEY'RE
GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THERE.
YOU KNOW, THIS HIGHWAY CAN
FLOOD. IT DOES MANY TIMES WHEN
WE GET STORMS LIKE THIS WITH A
HURRICANE COMING AND HIGH TIDE
PEAKING THAT RISK CERTAINLY
RAMPS UP. WRAL'S ERIC MILLER
IS TRACKING CONDITIONS FOR US
IN NAGS HEAD. ERIC.
>> WHAT ARE YOU SEEING OUT
THERE?
>> WELL, THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE
AND URGENT AT PIER IN NAGS
HEAD. JUST HOW HIGH THE WAVES
HAVE GOTTEN WITH HIGH TIDE.
SOME OF THESE WAVES MAKE IT
MOST OF THE WAY UP THE BEACHES.
YOU LOOK DOWN OFF INTO THE
NEARLY GETTING UP TO THE DUNES
AS YOU HEAD FURTHER SOUTH HERE
DOWN TOWARD HATTERAS ISLAND AND
OCRACOKE ISLANDS, THAT WATER IS
ACTUALLY GETTING EVEN HIGHER
TESTING. THE EFFORTS OF THOSE
DOT CREWS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE
MIDST OF A MAJOR OPERATION ALL
DAY LONG, TRYING TO KEEP THIS
OCEAN OFF OF THE ROAD. TAKE A
LOOK AT SOME OF THE VIDEO WE
GOT EARLIER THIS THE PEA ISLAND
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF JUST
HOW BIG THE PHYSICALLY OR SET
SEAWALL IS THAT THEY'RE
BUILDING RIGHT NOW THAT SAND
PILED 10 FEET PLUS HIGH IN
PLACES DOT IS BROUGHT OUT JUST
IN THAT ONE AREA ABOUT A DOZEN
RAIDERS FRONT LOADERS BACKHOES
CREWS IN THAT AREA TELL US THEY
WERE WORKING UNTIL HIGH TIDE.
THIS WAS THE MOMENT THEY WERE
MOST CONCERNED ABOUT TODAY.
THIS WAS WHEN THEY THOUGHT THIS
WAR MIGHT BE BREACHED BY THE
TIME THAT HASN'T HAPPENED SO
FAR. SO THEY'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE WORKING DOWN THERE,
CONTINUE BUILDING UP THAT WALL
FOR AS LONG AS THEY CAN.
BUT AS DAN POINTED OUT, JUST A
MOMENT AGO, THIS IS A REALLY IN
SOME WAYS A FUTILE OPERATION
DOT BELIEVES THAT THIS STORM
IS SEVERE ENOUGH. HE'S WAY TOO.
WE'LL GET HIGH ENOUGH THAT
EVENTUALLY THAT WILL REACH
HIGHWAY 12 WILL BE WATCHED OVER
BY THE OCEAN. AND HATTERAS
ISLAND WILL BE SEALED OFF BOTH
YESTERDAY. AND TODAY WE TALKED
TO PEOPLE STAYING BEHIND ON
THAT ISLAND. OFFICIALS TELLING
ANYBODY WHO STATE YOU TO HAVE
FOOD, THEY NEED TO HAVE WATER
AND MEDICINES ON HAND BECAUSE
WANT HIGHWAY 12 IS BLOCKED.
THEY MAY BE STUCK FOR SEVERAL